William Robert WOOD

(1861-1933)

WOOD, William Robert, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Oxford, Benton County, Ind.,
on January 5, 1861; attended the public schools of Oxford and was
graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor in 1882; was admitted to the bar the same year and
commenced practice in LaFayette, Tippecanoe County; prosecuting
attorney of Tippecanoe County 1890-1894; member of the State senate
1896-1914, and served as president pro tempore 1899-1907;
Republican floor leader of the State senate for four sessions;
delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1912, 1916,
1920, and 1924; chairman of the Republican National congressional
committee 1920-1933; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth
and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3,
1933); chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Seventy-first
Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the
Seventy-third Congress; died while on a visit in New York City
March 7, 1933; interment in Spring Vale Cemetery, LaFayette,
Ind.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present